Patrice
- 艺人
- Patrice Rushen
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Elektra Records
- 发行时间
- 1977年02月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Alex Henderson
After recording three jazz-oriented albums for Prestige, Patrice Rushen switched to Elektra and gave herself a major R&B/pop makeover with Patrice. Even the funkiest parts of Shout It Out, the last of Rushen's three Prestige/Fantasy albums, couldn't have prepared listeners for this LP, which finds her taking the commercial plunge and successfully making the transition from jazz instrumentalist to R&B/pop vocalist. As expected, jazz's hardcore audience cried foul: Like Roy Ayers, George Duke, George Benson, and other jazz instrumentalists who took up R&B singing, Rushen was called a sellout and vilified in the jazz media. Patrice was trashed by jazz critics. Instead of hating this album because it isn't jazz, however, they should have judged it by R&B/pop standards. When those standards are applied, it becomes obvious that Patrice is, in fact, a rewarding R&B/pop effort. Patrice demonstrated that she could be an expressive, charming singer, and her writing or co-writing is solid on cuts that range from the funky &Hang It Up& and the lovely ballad &Didn't You Know?& to the socio-political &Changes (In Your Life).& With Patrice, the Los Angeles native made it clear that she was as appealing as an R&B/pop singer as she had been as a jazz pianist/keyboardist.
最新简评（共3条）
- @ol' chan(只是个听歌的)：
- @列支敦士登(How to destr...)：1977年的专辑比2017年的专辑更有可听性，而且制作质量还如此之高，很明显现在的流行音乐彻底倒退了
- @未知生物：刘明……